Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Every year as the weather shifts from uncomfortably warm to a little chillier than we expect and there is always an awkward transition phase. Sweaters are too warm in the afternoon and t-shirts aren't enough protection from the breeze. It's nice to take this time of year to spend a few nights inside, getting back to the basics. If you've missed the weekly piano performance by Willie Weppler at Mace Mead Works, Friday is a perfect oppor- tunity to make it up. Weppler is a noted young jazz pianist and is exactly what a Friday needs when combined...
Squinting into a late September sun and sucking the juice out of some remarkably sweet and juicy chardonnay grapes last week, I pondered the past couple of vintages that Washington had to endure. Mother Nature has not been overly generous the past couple of years towards the wine industry. Both grape growers and winemakers in Washington had to contend with back to back harvests - 2010 and 2011 - that were difficult for the growers and challenging for the vintners to make good wine with what was salvaged off the vines. Some vineyards lost up to...
PRESCOTT - A four- alarm brush fire south of Prescott burned about 1,200 to 1,400 acres the evening of Oct. 2, officials say. District 7 Fire Chief Tim Mayberry said the fire start- ed about 7 p.m. and crews were on scene until about 10:30 p.m. The blaze was located off of Brown Road on the hill above the city. "It was a very-fast mov- ing fire," Mayberry said. "The wind took it and spread it out pretty good." No one was injured and no structures were burned, he said. The nearest resi- dence was about three-quar- ters of a mile away and it was...
DAYTON - The large sliding glass doors framed with gold-hued curtains are more reminiscent of a comfortable living room than a stiff and imperson- al emergency room. And Chief Operations Officer Shane McGuire said it is intentional. "Nobody wants to come to the ER," McGuire said. But when emergencies arise, McGuire said the staff hopes to minimize as much stress as possible. Little details around the updated Columbia County Health System emergency room were made with local patients in mind. The...
RICHLAND - WP run- ners kept up with the pack last Saturday in Richland at an invitational against 60 middle school and high school teams full of tough competition. The highlight of the day for WP cross country coach Joanna Lanning was seeing middle school runner Em- ily Adams blaze past the competition in the 2-mile middle school race with first place and a time of 13:06.75. Even suffering from a cold, Lanning said Adams was in it to win it. "Just before the finish line (Adams) passed the runner in first place beating her by less than 2...
DAYTON - The Dayton soccer team split the last two games, beating the Walla Walla Valley Academy Knights, 4-1, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and falling to the Northwest Christian Crusaders, 11-1, on Monday, Oct. 8. The Crusaders put pressure on the Bulldogs right out of the gate. For the first 20 minutes of the game, the Bulldogs were able to keep the ball out of the net but unable to move the ball into Cru- sader territory for long enough to take many shots. With 26:21 left in the first half, the...
WAITSBURG - The WP volleyball team fell to WWVA in three sets last Tuesday night in Dayton. The Knights proved too much for the Cardinals, despite an early rush of energy and a solid second set. The Knights were victorious, 25-17, 25-21, 25-11. In the first set on Kison Court Tuesday night, the Lady Cards were pumped up and keeping up with the Knights. Serving errors on both sides of the net added points to the opponents' scores. Great spikes from WWVA's Megan Gregg helped the Knights clinch...
DAYTON - The Dayton volleyball team won in three against Tri Cities Prep last Tuesday night in an increasingly close battle. The Bulldogs hit the court with a dominating lead over the Jaguars, winning the first set with a quick, 25-10. In the second set, the Jaguars fought back but couldn't stop the Bulldogs from hitting their stride, going for a nine-point run to put a gap in the score. The Bulldogs hit their groove, meshing as a team and allowing players at the service line to relax...
DAYTON - Waitsburg- Prescott crashed Dayton's homecoming party here Friday, breaking open a low- scoring game through one half with 31 points in the second to rout the winless Bulldogs, 39-0. The first half was so ugly-marred by six turnovers, nine penalties (one resulting in a safety), and five first downs between the two teams-it was a wonder either team scored at all. But Waitsburg-Prescott did, thanks to Dayton's holding penalty in the end zone that counted as a 2-point safety, and si...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg Prescott Tigers experienced two different levels of opponents within 24 hours and two opposite scoreboard results. WP dismantled the new soccer program of Class 1B Valley Christian of Spokane, 10-0, on Friday, then lost a 3-2 thriller to defending Oregon Class 3A/2A/1A champion Riverside of Boardman, Ore., on Saturday. Friday's game against Valley Christian was over by the 30th minute, when WP head coach Mark Grimm pulled all his starters save two for "leadership pu...
DAYTON - Families flocked to the Fall Festival, the newest addition to Day- ton on Tour, Saturday for family-friendly fun focused on kids. Cara Watts oversaw and coordinated the new kid- friendly event. "A lot of families are com- ing out with kids," Cara Watts said during the event. Cara Watts' husband, John Watts, estimated 70 to 75 people attended the event in the first two hours alone. John Watts, who worked at the apple bob station, said he was happy with how the event turned out. "The...
Port of Columbia When: Regular MonthlyMeeting - 7:30pm - October 10th, 2012 Public Comment: 3 minutes max per person Administrative Items: Approve Minutes Review Monthly BudgetReport Review Preliminary 2013Budget Review Inquiry Summary Leases Lyons Ferry Marina Corps Approval of KOACabins and HandicappedFishing Pad Meeting with WashingtonState Parks and recreationCommission PCC Railroad Bridges Consider Draper Railroad Encroachment Request Blue Mountain Station: Building, Planning, LandscapingMarketing and BusinessDevelopment Industrial...
DAYTON -- On Wednesday, Oct. 31 at the Times offices in Day- ton and Waitsburg, Edi- tor Jillian Beaudry and Reporter Morgan Smith will be handing out candy to children in costume and taking their photos for the next edition of the paper. Stop by both offices between 3:30 and 5 p.m. on Halloween! The Waitsburg office is located on Main Street and the Dayton office is behind Manila Bay Café adjacent to the Columbia County Courthouse. In Dayton, safe trick- or-treating starts at 4 p.m. on Oct. 31. Local businesses up and down Main Street will...
DAYTON - The Dayton City Council moved to allow a group of 250 to 300 bikers to camp in the city park for two nights in August of 2013. The group, Bicycle Rides Northwest, is a non-profit organization that organizes two, seven-day bicycle tours in Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington. The average age of participants in the event is 58 years old, Event Director Sanna Phinney said in an email to the city of Dayton. The event is self-contained, with a shower truck, portable toilets and a caterer. The group will set up tents in Dayton City Park,...
Dixie School District No.101 When: Monday Octo- ber 8, 2012 6:30 p.m. Special Meeting Agenda I. Call to Order II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Guests IV. Adopt Agenda V. Executive Session:REF: 42.30.110 Action/ Discussion Personnel Waitsburg SchoolDistrict No. 401-100 When: WednesdaySeptember 12, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. New Business CONSENT AGENDA:1) Minutes for September 12th Board Meeting 2) Accounts Payable 3)Payroll 4) Budget Statusreports REPORTS: 1) Elemen- tary Principal's Report 2)Secondary Principles Report 3) Athletic Director'sReport 4)...
Wine of The Week: Three Rivers Winery 2010 Merlot, a unique semi-dry red wine, swirling in a well-balanced melanges of sliced truffle, crushed bay and freshly ground nutmeg. With each sip, a late ribbon of caramel wraps the tongue before swiping the palate clean. This wine, $29 a bottle in the tasting room, pairs beautifully with red meats slathered in basil butter, range-free roast chicken stuffed in curried oranges and dried rosemary, or a layered slow- baked vegetarian casserole pelted in cracked cardamom and ooz- ing soft cheeses. The...
Ten Years Ago October 10, 2002 Waitsburg Homecoming week festivities kick off Sun- day, Oct. 13, 2002, with door decorations from 3-5 p.m. There is a Buff Puff Volleyball game tentatively set for 5:30 p.m. Celebration resumes on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2002. The costume theme is Fiesta Day and there will be an Eating Contest at the noon assembly. Wednesday's costume theme is Career Day. At the noon mini-assembly there will be a Sports Teams Fight Song Contest. Field Night will be celebrated Wednesday beginning at 7 p.m. at the foot- ball field....
October 11: Val Woodworth, Betty Branson, Michael Flannigan, Tracy Fine, Melody Har- ris, John Doty, Kim Porter. October 12: Logan Dozier, Brian Krause, Pat Abel, Theo Byergo, Kelly Piersol, Bob Hulce, Michele Robert, Dodie Perry. October 13: Joan Miller, Robert Smith, Becky Brown, Steve Sickles, Bertha Poirier, Earl Smith. October 14: Dianne Zuger, Dana Adkins, Dorothy Bush, Jared John, Jace Zuger, Tom Klevgaard. October 15: Robert Webber, Wayne Stonecipher, Debbie Cobb, Marcus Zuger III, Robin Marshall. October 17: Fred Hofer, Jr., Lorene...
Charles "Chase" Sumner Mead VI was born September 17, 2012, at Walla Walla General Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20-inches long. His parents are Charlie Mead of Dayton and Whitney Mead, formerly of Harrington. The grandparents are Skip and Julia Mead of Dayton, Rick and Max Becker of Harrington and Buck Badgley of Davenport. His great-grandparents are Joy Ross of Chewelah, Dottie Mead of Dayton and Ruth and Lynn Schliecker of Estacada, Ore....
The fundamental statistics around wheat produc- tion and consumption in the U.S. have a bottom line: USDA projects 698 million bushels as an "ending stock" level of wheat for this year. The con- sumption of wheat as a feed source was larger than expected because of such high corn prices in the last quarter, which is what led to the decrease in the Sept. 1 USDA stocks report that surprised the trade into a 44-cent price rally the day of the report. Beyond that short-term (one-day) rally, the price of wheat has returned once again to the bottom...
Patricia and Harlan Hulce are celebrating their 60th anniversary. They were married in Pullman on Oct. 3, 1952. They have three children, Tony, Christina and Timothy. The couple lives in Waitsburg....
Waitsburg 10-03 A business owner assaulted by a customer was reported on PrestonAvenue. The suspect was located and arrested on assault charge and awarrant out of Asotin County. 10-04 The theft of a trailer hitch from a vehicle was reported on Third Street. 10-05 A residential burglary was reported on Preston Avenue. A box of pic- tures was taken. A mental subject with self-inflicted injuries was reportedon Main Street. The subject was transported to St. Mary's Medical Centerby ambulance. 10-08 A fraud complaint was reported on Sixth Street....
